Pfizer · 6 hours ago
Senior Director, U.S. Commercial, Strategy & Consulting
Pfizer is a leading biopharmaceutical company, and they are seeking a Senior Director for their U.S. Commercial Strategy & Consulting team. This role involves collaborating with Pfizer's senior leadership to develop and execute business strategies for their U.S. commercial efforts, focusing on key business units and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Working with the leaders of the Biopharma commercial organization to shape, develop, and enable execution of strategies that will advance and grow the business
Significantly contributing to BU strategic planning, including providing insight and assessment of market signals that could impact business performance or strategic direction
Management of projects related to key strategic issues, including managing a team of strategy colleagues who will support these projects
Partner with Primary Care U.S. Commercial leads and/or corporate functions to develop business strategies at a global, and where appropriate, a local level
Identify key strategic imperatives and capabilities required to achieve these imperatives
Contribute to the completion of an annual strategic plan, as well as a strategy action plan that manages the execution of the strategies
Lead or direct a portfolio of projects that provide insight and direction for key strategic levers such as market development, customer needs assessment, competitive advantage, market and/or product prioritization, and opportunities at the BU, asset, or functional level
Provide day-to-day oversight to project teams of colleagues with varying levels of experience
Develop a deep expertise in market dynamics to identify market trends and appropriately assess opportunities and guide strategic direction
Develop external relationships that provide perspective of the diverse ecosystem outside of Pfizer as it relates to the areas of the business you support
Develop strong internal relationships with senior leaders, serving as a trusted though partner, provide perspective of the diverse eco-system outside of Pfizer as it relates to the questions your senior business partners are attempting to solve
Actively participate in the shaping the direction of the Strategy & Consulting team, supporting Pfizer strategy through the perspective and experience of the organizations you support, and collaborate to identify opportunities across commercial categories for alignment or best-practice sharing
Advise a team of colleagues on internal S&C initiatives that support team priorities
Serve on extended Leadership Team for S&C
Create an engaging and productive work environment where team members are encouraged to collaborate and excel, actively coaching junior team members and direct reports
Lead and manage 2-4 direct reports, coaching and developing them to build capabilities and deliver exceptional performance
Qualification
Required
MBA/MS and 10+ years of relevant healthcare experience
Relevant healthcare experience includes experience working in/with commercial, corporate or R&D biopharma functions involving strategy development and/or strategic initiatives (e.g., marketing, commercial development, market access & pricing, business development, R&D strategy / portfolio management, etc.)
Demonstrated strong strategic thinking skills, is trusted to drive sensitive and highly complex projects
Provides guidance across multiple projects and business needs
Demonstrated project leadership, managing multiple projects and large teams of cross-functional colleagues with varying backgrounds and skillsets
Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders at all levels of the organization without direct authority (global TA / BU leaders, functional leads, ELT, etc). Must be able to influence executive leaders across the organization
Ability to understand and translate market and competitive dynamics into strategic implications
Understands trends and market dynamics in global healthcare and biopharmaceuticals, aware of competitor strategies, payer and patient access dynamics, and understands the drug development process
Demonstrated ability and experience in overseeing the day-to-day work of junior resources, including providing coaching, mentorship, and development
Advanced understanding of finance and P&L implications of any strategy
Ability to work with complex information and distill into a framework that helps facilitate decision making
Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization and lead with indirect authority
Excellent presentation skills sufficient to address Executive Leadership teams and external audiences
Strong command of English language, spoken and written
Preferred
5+ years of biopharmaceutical consulting experience, and people management experience strongly preferred
U.S. Commercial Vaccines and Cardiometabolic experience preferred but not essential
Benefits
Participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 22.5% of the base salary
Eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program
401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions
Additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
Paid vacation
Holiday and personal days
Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
Health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage
Company
Pfizer
Pfizer is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and delivers medicines and vaccines.
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